On the ground at first ABC staff strike in 20 years

ABC staff have walked off the job for the first time in two decades, with an unresolved pay dispute in danger of continuing unresolved beyond the planned 24-hour period.

Flagship programs like 7:30 It will not be broadcast this evening as some of the ABC’s most senior staff have committed to leaving their vehicles by 11am on March 26.

cricket At Ultimo at the ABC’s Sydney headquarters, a late-arriving staff bus from the broadcaster’s Parramatta office was given solemn applause as hundreds of staff emerged from the building to cheers from other unionists.